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Sony Set to Market Blu-ray as Winner of Format War
An anonymous reader writes "Citing the recent sales numbers, Sony exec David Bishop is claiming that the high-def format war can officially be declared over. With a movie sale ratio of almost 2:1 Blu-ray discs are being declared the victor over rival HD-DVD by Blu-ray supporter Sony. 'And yet while all agree that it was a strong month for Blu-ray, opinion is split on whether the surge in sales is an indicator of stronger user adaption of Blu-ray compared to HD DVD, or simply a reflection of the larger number of new Blu-ray titles that hit the market over the month -- 25 new Blu-ray titles were released in January, compared to just 11 titles on HD DVD for the same period.'"
Why is this article here in the games section?
Pumbaa! I don't wonder; I know.
...based on download counts from Micro$oft, right? Ignore the fact that IE7 is forced on (most) users; it's more popular than Sasser!
What do people want? Most people want content, not features. 35gb, 50gb, red, blue, purple doesn't matter if the movie the kid down the street wants isn't available. We'll know which side has won when the major studios release their blockbusters on only that format. I think it may be a while yet -- (standard) DVDs have only recently beaten VHS.